Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-22
LAWYER SHAFER'S WRATH
AN ALLEGED BoODLER,s ATTORNEY
RUNS AFoUL OF THE PRESS,

Paying Particular Attention to This
Hungarian Jew" Pulitzer, Whom He
Proposes to Lick Like H-ades'-Some
Vigorous Objections to Trial by Emil
nent Editors Instead OF Juries.
NEW YORK, March 22-The prosecution
in the trial of ex-Alderman Cleary for brib-
cry finished their case Monday by the intro
duction of some formal proof. Mr. Shafer
then opened the case for Cieary in very
vigorous speech. in which be denounced the
press for assuming before trial that his client
was guilty. Mr.. Sbafer made an especially
bitter attack upon The World, which has
expended considerable effort in illustrating
Mr.. Skaters peculiarities of manner.
Mr.. Shafer declared that there was but
one newspaper in the city that had not de
manded the conviction of Cleary every day
since the trial began. He added: IAN Al
bany judge dismissed casa to another
county, even after part of the jury had
been obtained, because Thu Evening Jour
nal had said that day that the accused was
guilty and should be convicted. A Troy
Judge did the same thing in another case.
The papers have tried this case and found
Cleary guilty. The World has become per-
fectly infamous in its conduct in trials. One
man says: 'Shafer, why don't you shoot
this Hungarian Jewf Another asks, why
don't you horsewhip himT shan't do either
one But I'll get even with this jew. Justice
will prevail against"
Here the now thoroughly irate counsellor
was brought to short stopby the rapid tat
too of Justice Barrett's gavel on the desk.
"Mr Shafer, / think you have gone far
enough. The jury have not seen any of the
papers. You are talking to them about
things Of which they can know nothing,
| said the court
well, Idou't know. l."
well, l know. The jurors have seer
nothing Of this You must desist," said his
honor
Mr. Shafer said: 81 bow in submission tc
your honor. will go no further" and then
he resumed bis speech, but returned to the
assault on the testimony OF Katie Metz
opening with the assertion, Every news
payer in the city said in flaming headlines
Katie Metz sustained You know how she
was sustained. How she could remember
five faces seen in the dark for two and g
| half years, but could not remember th,
| names of the families she had served Then
turning upon the twenty reporters AROUND
| the long table, he shouted: "There they
arel There they arel There are the burn
ing geniuses Of the press. There isn't on'
OF 'em you'd trust in ycur house, except tn
fat man."
| Mr.. Shafer held out The Graphic with the
pictures Of the boodlers. He called the at
tention of the jury to the pictures of Cleary
and Jaehne "Now," said he, defianty
'Jaehne has face you will always remem
Der. He is marked man. Why didn't Kat,
Metz remember hint I'll tell You. He wa
| in the states prison They didn't need t.
| identify him. Her mind wasn't prepared by
| Robertson and Purdy TO recog ~, Jaahne
but she did recogniza John Cieary lie hat
not been convicted yet
| Mr.. Shafer opsnel at ll;2l anil it was
| l2:15 o'clock when be finished. and receS
was taken. For fully ten Hinue, after tbs
jury had gone to their lunca, Mr.. Shafe
mopped his perspiring head with his hand
kerchief and emitiet CALCULATIONS an,
anathemas of the press representatives ant
Joseph Pulitzer
| Just wait till this is OVER be sal l. Gus
wait till we get through with this Wait til
| / get at that Pulitzer. He'd either lick u;
like HI, or I'll lick him"
| This was said to half dozen friends VIII
had fingered to congratulate the old
fashioned lawyer Oh his remarkable effort